The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 22, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 AM
2:17 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1548
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.4° / 60.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 47m / 24.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.49° / 1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.75° / -1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.73° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.